Factional Battle Shapes Ohio Delegation To National Convention
In Columbus Hoover influence splits Ohio Republicans with U S Senator Willis and national committeeman Maschke at odds. Maschke backs Hoover while Willis warns of patronage fights as both sides claim control of the June delegation. Canton Stark and sixteenth district lines shift as factions gather support. In Cleveland Steven Verep is shot by a homeowner after mistaking him for a burglar.
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Maschke
Atty Ag
Willis
Hoover
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Red B. Warner
Republican State Central Committee
Ohio
Warner
Republican State Organization
That Brown
Columbus
Walter I’. Brown
Toledo
Washington
Kansas City
Hanegck County
Simeon D. Fess
U. S
Canton
Rain
Stark County
Republican County Committee
Arthur M. Brothers
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Suction
Sixteenth
Sixteenth Congressional District
Stark
Tuscarawas
Wayne
Holmes Counties
State Reopens Case in Governor Jackson Trial
Indianapolis court allows state to reopen its case as defense moves for an instructed verdict of acquittal in the Governor Ed Jackson trial.
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Indianapolis
Ed. Jackson
Senator T Coleman Du Pont May Testify on Teapot Dome Probe
May testify when recovered he may inform the Senate committee probing the Teapot Dome lease to Harry Sinclair. Du Pont once chaired Empire Trust Company of New York, holder of notes against the Republican National Committee, said to be erased partly through the Continental Trading Company affair in which Sinclair was a key figure.
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T Coleman DuPont
Delaware
Senate
Harry Sinclair
DuPont
Empire Trust Company of
New York
Republican National Committee
Continental Trading Company
Sinclair
Reed-Smith Fight Gains Momentum in Democratic Ranks
Reed will tour the South and Midwest to push a Democratic presidential bid, aiming to secure delegates in primary races. He plans stops in Dallas and Tulsa with Kansas City as a later engagement, amid a push by southern delegations to back him as a second choice to their favored candidates.
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Paul, R. Mallon
Washington
U.P
Republic
Renana James A. Reed
Missouri
South
Middlewest
Pacific Coast
United Press
Reed
al Smith
New York
Dallas
Texas
Tulsa
Okla
Kansas City
Smith
Houston
Lindy Hints Return From Public Shuffle in St Louis
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh slips into private repose after weeks away due to a Panama hunting trip. He will resume public duties in four days with a flight over the St Louis Chicago air mail route and a commemorative post mark. He urged cities to keep pace with advancing aviation during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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ST. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama
Lindbergh
Air Mail
Lone Eagles
Air-Mail
St. Louis Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Saves Mother From Gasoline Fire
In Toledo on February 16 a 12 year old boy Donald McCormick helped smother flames that engulfed his mother Mrs Edward McCormick after a gasoline explosion. Both suffered burns with the mother near death and the boy badly burned hands.
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Toledo
U.P
Edward McCormick
Donald
Miners Seek Gov Protection in Eastern Ohio Mine Strike
In St Clairsville Ohio on February 16 miners from the Crabapple mine petition Governor Donahey for protection after a demonstration where Superintendent Willis and workers were stoned. A woman, Teresa Gumini, was arrested for violating the federal injunction as mob violence damaged Willis's car and other equipment. The petition cites dangerous conditions and demands security plus five dollar daily wages. U S postal authorities probe threats against the St Ville Gazette.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Crabapple Mine
Thomas Wills
Donahey
Willis
U. S
Teresa Gumini
St.ville
Commutations Cut Ohio Embezzlers' Term to Parole Reach
Governor Donahey commuted the minimum sentences of William H. Chatfield Jr. and George Beazell of Cincinnati from nine to 10 years to expire March 6, making parole possible after clemency board review. They and were jailed since January 5, 1926 for embezzlement tied to the Beazell and Chatfield brokerage insolvency with nearly $1,000,000 in losses.
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Columbus
U.R
Donahey
William H. Chatfield
George Beazell
Cincinnati
Board of Clemency
Beazell and Chatfield
Myers Lectures Tonight On Fears Of Children
Dr. Garry C. Myers of Cleveland will speak at Athens high school auditorium at 7 30 Tonight under the Central Parent-Teacher council in observance of Founders Day of the national association. He will discuss problems relating to the fears of children.
Kentucky Singers To Be Heard in City
Mrs. Louise M. Baxter leads the Kentucky Harmony Singers from Fulton Kentucky in negro spirituals and southern melodies. They perform at First Methodist Episcopal church Sunday night at seven and Mt Zion Baptist church tonight at eight. The group broadcasts on 29 radio stations and is the only female quintet of its kind on the road. Baxter is a Tuskagee graduate and the only woman bass singer traveling.
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Louise M. Baxter
Kentucky Harmony Singers
Fulton
Kentucky
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Baxter
Tuskagee Institue
Booker T. Washington
Harmony Singers
Chillicothe
Circleville
Union Mine Leader Shot in Wilkesbarre District HQ
Frank Agatti age 40 union mine leader was shot and killed by an infuriated miner at the district headquarters in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania today authorities said the incident occurred February 16 marked a violent turn in local labor tensions.
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Wilkesbarre
U.pr
Frank Agatti
Havana conference praised as asset to U S says Bigkel
Karl A. Bickel president of United Press told Rochester Advertising club the Pan American conference in Havana has become the most important of its kind. He cited better relations between Latin America and the United States and the growing exchange of news as key results of the conference and U S news service expansion.
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United States
Karl A. Bickel
United Press Association
Rochester Advertising Club
Havana
Latin America
North
South America
United Press
South
Central America
West Virginia Coal Firms Consider Unite Move
Negotiations open in New York to consolidate about 75 West Virginia bituminous coal producers with annual output of 25 million tons. Led by W. L. Highland of Clarksburg interests, the plan would form a new corporation capitalized around 200 million dollars and will resume in West Virginia next week.
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New York
U.R
West Virginia
W. L. Highland
Clarksburg
Hopes for Pan American talks fade as Pueyrredon leaves
In Havana on February 16 Pan American delegates failed to smooth differences before adjournment. Honorio Pueyrredon said he would not attend further Pan American union committee meetings due to a union constitution that omits a clause denouncing protective tariffs.
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Havana
Honorio Pueyrredon
Tthe United Press
Pueyrredon
Pan-American Union Committee
Engineers Trade Words by Phone Across the Ocean
American and British engineers held a joint trans Atlantic session via radio telephone with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in New York and the British Institute in London. Bancroft Gherardi and Archibald Page greeted each other as audiences heard speakers simultaneously across 3 000 miles of water, with F B Jewett and Col T F Purves coordinating the audio both sides.
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New York
U.P
London
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
British Institute of Electrical Engineers
Bancroft Gherardi
American Institute
Archibald Page
Onan
F. B. Jewett
Bell ‘Well Teléphone Laboratories
Col
T. F. Purves
British Post Office
Atlantic
Reappointment of Esch May Not Be Passed
Cincinnati report notes Chamber of Commerce directors told the U S Senate that J J Bach of La Crosse Wis should not be confirmed for the Interstate Commerce Commission. The resolution cites Esch in the coal rate case as subscribing to a dangerous doctrine favoring rate differentials for Ohio Pennsylvania coal interests.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Chamber of Commerce
U. & Senate
J. J. Bach
la Crosse
Wis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Coolidge
Yestrday
Esch
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Suspended Sentences for Two Boys in Juvenile Court
Judge 8. M. Johnson suspends two boys Francie Dennison of Perry County and Lloyd Sherburn of Fairfield County to the Boys' Industrial School on good behavior after they admitted stealing a coat belonging to Clark Williams weeks earlier. They paid $95 costs and were arrested in Lebanon, Indiana a week after the theft.
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8. M. Johnson
Francie Dennison
Perry County
Lloyd Sherburn
Fairfield County
Clark Williams
Sherburn
Opening of Grace P Biddie charity ward at Shelter Army hospital
Formal opening Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock invites the public to inspect the newly decorated Grace P Biddie charity ward at the sheltering army hospital with its fresh furnishings and decor.
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Grace P. Biddie
Sheltering Army Hospital
Bonds Traced to Delaware in Teapot Dome Probe
Senate Teapot Dome committee linked 75 thousand dollars of Continental Trading bonds to Senator T Coleman DuPont of Delaware. Joseph F. McMahon testified he sold 75 one thousand dollar Liberty Bonds in 1923 for Empire Trust, with proceeds deposited to DuPont's account.
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Washington
Senate
T. Coleman DuPont
Delaware
Republican National Committee
Joseph F. McMahon
Potter & Company
New York
Empire Trust Company
F. Childa and Company
DuPont
du Pont
Nye
Harry F. Sinclair
Olf
Teapot Dome
Interior
Fall
McMahon
Tsap
Continental
James Crmter
Childs
Youth Tells Story Of Bar Graft Charge
Columbus February 16 A R Ralph W Miller of Columbus alleged to have collected money from law students by promising help to pass the bar examinations told his story today to the Ohio supreme court investigating committee. Miller refused to discuss the charges or his testimony saying I have nothing to say. The committee chaired by F M Raymond includes James M Hengst and J F Wilson and has heard witnesses in Cleveland previously.
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Columbus
A.R
Ralph W. Miller
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court Law Library
Miller
F. M. Raymond
James M. Hengst
J. F. Wilson
Cleveland
Weather Readings For Three Hour Periods
Temperatures recorded over the last 24 hours show values for Wednesday and Thursday across three hour blocks. Readings include 38 6 912 and 35 34 34 for Wednesday, with early Thursday noted as 0.5 3 6 and 35 34.
Impossible to Survey Unemployment Says Wagner
Senator Wagner calls for a national unemployment survey, while officials concede data gaps and difficulties. Bureau figures show factory employment down 15 percent since 1923, with the December 1927 index at 85.1 percent of 1923 levels. farm labor and new industries are not fully captured. Officials warn a full house to house canvass is needed and would require hundreds of staff and funding, which are not available.
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Cecil Owen
Washington
Wagner
New York
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Officiala
Walsh loses bid for Senate inquiry into utilities
Senta Walsh of Montana failed to force a Senate probe of the public utilities industry as the chamber voted 44 to 31 to reject the inquiry. The session featured a late filibuster and a headline clash between Senators Glass and Bruce over Walsh motives and the probe’s prospects.
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Walsh
Washington
Senta Walsh
Montana
Senate
Federal Trade
Leeearaietes
Congress
Glass
Virginia
Bruce
Maryland
Seal
Tragic Collision Kills Teen, Injures Father in Toledo
In Toledo on February 16 Ralph Smith sixteen was killed and his father Oscar Smith sixty four an employee of the city park department was probably fatally injured when their car was struck by a Penn Lagivania train at a crossing.
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Toledo
Ralph Smith
Oscar Smith
City Park Department
Penn- Lagivania
Cleveland Native Monsignor O'Reilly Elevates to Scranton Bishop
In a grand high church ceremony Monsignor Thomas C. O'Reilly a Cleveland native was appointed bishop of Scranton Pennsylvania his hometown church and local diocese celebrate the appointment.
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Cleveland
Thomas C. O'Reilly
Refuses to Let His Son Say Lord's Prayer
Steubenville, Feb 16. James Wade a Bergholm farmer was fined 18 dollars for taking his son Frank 10 out of school to object to the Lord's Prayer in class exercises. Wade told Judge Jay Paisley he opposes teaching it as an infallible work of God in public schools.
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Steubenville
James Wade
Bergholm
Wade
Frank
Jay
S. Paisley
Canton Police Chief Ay Lengel Murder Trial Advances
In Lisbon on February 16 the state rested its case after the second trial of former Canton Police Chief Ay Lengel on charges of murdering Don R. Mellett, publisher of the Canton Daily News.
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Lisbon
U.2
Ay Lengel
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Burned to death in Greenville home blaze
Nancy Hahn, 78, died after a stove ignited a fire at her daughter Mrs Bow Johnngs house in Greenville on February 16. Fire officials cited accidental causes with smoke and flames reported in the kitchen area.
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Greenville
Plan for federal funding of Mississippi flood control measures
Washington reports a House committee plan to finance flood prevention across the Mississippi valley and tributaries with a $400 million federal bond program. The proposal creates a new Mississippi Valley flood control commission, directs President oversight, and allows direct condemnation for lands needed. Surveys target the Auglaize, Blanchard, and Ottawa rivers.
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Washington
Houses
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
New England
South
A. Rall
Ate
Ipcaiede
Mately
Congress
Accounts Short in Court of Justice in Trumbull Township
State Examiner J Rosa Herwig filed today in Trumbull County with figures from March 26 to December 8, 1927. The report shows a short balance of 8015.65 dollars. books audited reflect 10,423.25 dollars collected, with 2,407.70 dollars unaccounted.
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Cen
Trumbull Oan
Solantena
Tracy
J Rosa. Herwig
Well balanced diets booklet offered by The Atbens Messenger
The Atbens Messenger proposes to readers a booklet on well balanced diets. The notice mentions Washington, D.C. and references to Babe Rebello and Gate, though the text is garbled.
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Atbens Messenger
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Maurice H. Maschke
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Walter Wilson
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Reed - Smith
James A. Reed
Lindy
H. M. Blackmer
Blackmer
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Bigkel
Wonder
T. C. DuPont
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Plan New Group
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